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Literature Analysis book 2 the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck(late)
- Briefly summarize the plot of the novel.
- Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
- Based on the author's tone, describe how you imagine the author's morning routine. Does s/he get up early or sleep late? Coffee, tea, or no caffeine? Yoga/meditation/exercise? Groggily stumble to the toilet and wish s/he wasn't so hungover? Breakfast? If so, what kind of food? No, I am not kidding. There is no shortcut for this, only your own imaginative thinking based on how you read his/her work and interpret his/her tone. Include no fewer than three (3) excerpts from the text that illustrate your points.
- Describe five (5) literary techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone. These techniques may include characterization, figurative language, or anything else you've ever studied. If you can't come up with five, do your best to remember and then look up "literary techniques" online and see if something rings a bell. Include three (3) excerpts for each technique that will help your reader understand the technique and how it helped you gain insight.
1.The Grapes of Wrath starts when Tom Joad is released from prison. A former preacher named Jim joins Tom's family on their journey to California. The Joads struggle to make their living, and Tom, having avenged his friend Jim's murder, is forced to flee California
2. One of the themes is man inhuman actions to men because immigrants are not suffering from lack of work and harsh environments but from the higher ups such as the boss Also the difference between the rich and poor.
3.Well John Steinbeck want's us to experience his tone through the eyes of Tom Joad. Even though during the beginning he ran away from committing a murder. Which leads him into a character development that gives us a moral story of committed and persevering .“and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.” “Before I knowed it, I was sayin' out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing.' . . . . I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' An' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.' . . . . I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'maybe it's all men an' all women we love; maybe that's the Holy Sperit-the human sperit-the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of.' Now I sat there thinkin' it, an' all of a suddent-I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it.” “Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
4.I only noticed 3 literary devices used repeated during reading the novel
1.Metaphors -"lined and cut with old flood scars,...."
2. Similes-"The Bank--or the Company—needs—wants—insists—must have—as though the Bank or the Company were a monster, with thought and feeling, which had ensnared them."
3.Personification-"And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed"
2. One of the themes is man inhuman actions to men because immigrants are not suffering from lack of work and harsh environments but from the higher ups such as the boss Also the difference between the rich and poor.
3.Well John Steinbeck want's us to experience his tone through the eyes of Tom Joad. Even though during the beginning he ran away from committing a murder. Which leads him into a character development that gives us a moral story of committed and persevering .“and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.” “Before I knowed it, I was sayin' out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing.' . . . . I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' An' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.' . . . . I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'maybe it's all men an' all women we love; maybe that's the Holy Sperit-the human sperit-the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of.' Now I sat there thinkin' it, an' all of a suddent-I knew it. I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it.” “Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
4.I only noticed 3 literary devices used repeated during reading the novel
1.Metaphors -"lined and cut with old flood scars,...."
2. Similes-"The Bank--or the Company—needs—wants—insists—must have—as though the Bank or the Company were a monster, with thought and feeling, which had ensnared them."
3.Personification-"And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed"
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